Happy Birthday Reads | Hoover Public Library

How to Party Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab

My birthday is Tuesday, February 28! And I want to celebrate by sharing great new birthday books with you!

PICTURE BOOKS
Abuelita and I Make Flan by Adriana Hernandez Bergstrom
The Gift by Alain Serge Dzotap
How Old Is Mr. Tortoise? by Dev Petty
How to Party Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab
Wellington's Big Day Out by Steve Small
What's Branching?: A Birthday Adventure by Kaitlyn Siu
Your Birthday Was the Best! by Maggie Hutchings

BEGINNING READERS
Cooking with the Birthday Bird by Glenda Armand
Happy Birthday, Hedgehog! by Norman Feuti
LEGO City: Birthday Helpers by Steve Foxe
Ready? Set? Birthday! by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

NOVELS/GRAPHIC NOVELS
Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina
Dog Diaries: Dinosaur Disaster by James Patterson
Drive-Thru Miracle by Dana Edwards
Esme's Birthday Conga Line by Lourdes Heuer
Geeger the Robot: Party Pal by Jarrett Lerner
Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party by Saadia Faruqi

NONFICTION
LEGO Party Ideas by Hannah Dolan
Weird-But-True Birthdays! 300 Fun-tastic Facts to Celebrate

Target Age

Off-sides football

Football Family Fun

It's time for books and blitzes at Hoover Public Library! Football Family Fun is coming to the Plaza on Saturday, August 5, 2023 from 1-4 p.m. Test your skill with a football toss, a football video game, or play the blast-from

Goodbye, Summer! It's been great!

The End of Summer Reading

Summer Reading 2023 is coming to an end! Don't miss your chance to finish up your reading logs, redeem your prizes, and enter the raffle drawings! You have until 9 p.m. Read More...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Into the Library-Verse

Are you a fan of Miles Morales and the Spider-Man multiverse? Have you seen the new movie? Have you heard that the library is hosting an event to celebrate? Head Into the Library-Verse in the Kid Zone this Saturday Read More...

Are you ready for school?!

A Couple of School-Starting Kickoffs!

Summer Reading is winding down, and school is just around the corner. And the library is hosting two events for students that are entering a milestone year!

Dave Holland, percussionist

Beat'n Path Drums

Our sixth and final week of Summer Reading shows brings another new act to our Library Theatre stage! Beat'n Path Rhythm Events is a family-fun celebration of rhythm, story and song with percussionist Dave Holland. Get ready to

The Secret Agency

The Secret Agency

Our fifth week of Summer Reading shows welcomes more newcomers to the Library Theatre stage! New to us, now -- NOT new to wowing large audiences. Tapping into their GRAMMY-winning original catalog from rapper and hip hop artist Secret Agent 23 Skidoo,

Lend a helping hand at our Day of Play!

Day of Play

Celebrate community helpers at our upcoming Day of Play on Saturday, July 8, 2023! Visit the Kid Zone anytime from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and explore a variety of imaginative play stations.

Summer Movies at HPL

Watch a Movie at the Library!

Since the library is closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 for Independence Day, we will not be hosting a performer that week. But fear not! We will still have something fun happening in our Library Theatre! We'll be showing a couple of movies on the big screen -- recent releases based on popular ch